(by extension, slang, Internet) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
(sociology) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
To control or limit access to something.
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gatekeepers
gatekeepers
noun
plural of gatekeeper
gatekeeping
gatekeeping
verb
present participle and gerund of gatekeep
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
grapestalk
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
karyotyping
karyotyping
noun
The separation and identification of karyotypes
verb
present participle of karyotype
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
katjepiering
ketapang
ketapang
noun
The tropical tree Terminalia catappa.
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
kopagmiut
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
painstaking
painstaking
adj
Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
noun
The application of careful and attentive effort.
painstakingly
painstakingly
adv
In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
painstakingness
painstakingness
noun
The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
painstakings
painstakings
noun
plural of painstaking
paktong
paktong
noun
An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.
paligorskite
partaking
partaking
noun
(archaic) An act of taking sides; partiality.
The act of taking part in something.
verb
present participle of partake
partridgelike
partridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a partridge.
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
patricksburg
patternmaking
patternmaking
noun
The creation of patterns for either sewing or casting.
peastaking
peasticking
pharyngokeratosis
piatigorsk
piatigorsky
picturemaking
pitmaking
planktologist
planktologist
noun
One who studies planktology.
planktology
planktology
noun
The study of plankton
platemaking
platemaking
noun
The production of plates (printing surfaces).
platemakings
pointmaking
postmarking
postmarking
verb
present participle of postmark
potmaking
potmaking
noun
The manufacture of pots.
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
prekindergarten
prekindergarten
adj
Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.
noun
(US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
prekindergartens
prekindergartens
noun
plural of prekindergarten
premarketing
premarketing
adj
Before the marketing of a product or service.
prepartaking
preundertaking
printmaking
printmaking
noun
The field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper.
printmakings
prokindergarten
pyatigorsk
pyatigorsk
Proper noun
spa city in south-Stavropol krai, administrative center of the of Russia
sabbathkeeping
spectaclemaking
spectaclemaking
noun
The manufacture of spectacles (eyewear).
stethokyrtograph
stethokyrtograph
noun
An instrument for measuring a person's chest.
superacknowledgment
tandjungpriok
tanjungpriok
tapamaking
tapemaking
tapermaking
telekinematography
thinkingpart
topmaking
topmaking
noun
The processing of wool into "top" (bundles of combed slivers with the noils removed).